Now I realize wikipedia is not by any means a reliable, scholarly source, but sometimes it can be a skeletal outline. Anyways, I was reading Grand Duchess Tatiana's article and came across this bizarre passage: "Tatiana was rumored to have been present at Rasputin's murder on 17 December 1916, 'disguised as a lieutenant of the Chevaliers-Gardes, so that she could revenge herself on Rasputin who had tried to violate her.' It was also rumored that Rasputin was castrated in front of Tatiana, wrote Maurice Paléologue, the French ambassador to Russia, in his memoirs. Paléologue was skeptical at the time about the truth of the wild rumors and attributed them to the hatred of Rasputin held by people in St. Petersburg.[30]"
I've seen some wild stuff on wikipedia before, like Rasputin being able to shoot black fire out of his hands or something like that, but usually the articles get cleaned up by knowledgeable writers. Is this wild rumor about Tatiana something anyone has heard about before? In the days between Rasputin's death and the discovery of his corpse, there were a lot of wild rumors. That he had been made to commit suicide, that he had been beheaded, etc. I never heard this as one of those rumors, but because they quoted Paleologue, I am curious to know more. Can anyone shed some more light on this legend?
